Collar-fastener.



G. D. THOMPSON.

COLLAR FASTENEB.

M PucAnoN FILED AUM. 1 916.

Patented Apu: 30, WM`

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GEORGE D. THOMPSON, OF BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO GEORGE GANE, 0F BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA.

GOLLAR-FASTENER.

Application filed August 8, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, GEORGE D. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bryn Mawr, in the county of Montgomery and State of lPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar- Fasteners, of which the following is a speciiication.

rlhis invention relates to garment fasteners and has particular reference to the class of fasteners or but-tons employed in securing a collar to the neckband of the shirt.

ln carrying out the present invention, use is made of a fastener embodying a stamped metallic body, designed for association with the neck band of a shirt and provided with a collar engaging tongue, the latter being so formed that a collar can be readily and conveniently connected to the shirt and maintained in a relatively locked position thereon.

The invention further comprehends a fastener having the above characteristics, and also including a broad, curved base portion, which conforms to the curvature of the neck, and prevents the wearer from experiencing discon'ifort, by eliminating the small circular disk portion found on the usual form of collar button.

The fastener is so designed that, when attached to a garment, it will not be liable to become accidentally lost by working loose from the garment; the fastener, while possessing the above advantageous features, is also capable of being economically inanufactured at a cost not exceeding that of the present form of collar button and will thus add to the commercial utility of the invention.

The invention accordingly consists of the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction herein described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a transverse sectional view taken through the fastener comprising the present invention and illustrating the application of the same to a shirt band and collar,

Fig. 2 is a detached perspective View of the fastener,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken through the fastener,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

Serial No. 113,785.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a slightly modified form of design fastener', an

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken through the modified form.

Similar reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout all the views ofv the drawing.

Referring to the drawings, the fastener l, in its preferred form, consists of a fiat curvilineal body 2, which is designed to be associated with a neck band 3 of a shirt or other garment 4. The body l is slotted as at 5, on the lower side thereof, in order that a collar engaging tongue 6, may be integrally formed with the body portion 2. However', the forming of the tongue G integral with the body 2 is accomplished in order that the fastener may be economically manufactured, as it is obvious that the tongue 6 may be formed from a separate piece of material, if found desirable.

The tongue 6 embodies a horizontally eX- tending ledge 7, which, when the fastener is being` employed, passes through the button hole 8 formed in the shirt 4, and through an alining buttonhole 9,`formed in the collar 10, in order that the collar may be secured to the shirt. The body portion 2 is positioned, as is usual, between the laps or folds of a neclrband 3.

The ledge 7 terminates in an upwardly extending locking flange 11, the upper eXtremity of which is disposed on a plane above the ledge 7, the said flange terminating in a vertically downwardly extending portion 12, lying approximately parallel to the body 2. The tongue 6 comprises one of the most salient features of the present invention, inasmuch as the curved construction of the plate l2 facilitates the operation of connecting the collar to the fastener, and a still more important feature is embodied in the locking ange 11, which engages with the side of the collar 10 at a point above the buttonhole 9. Hence, when the collar is positioned upon the ledge 7 it will be effectively prevented from slipping 0E the lat# ter, by an accidental movement, this feature being particularly desirable when the collar is worn in warm weather, as it is then when a collar becomes wilted and is liable to be come disengaged from the fastener or button. The fastener 1 is also capable of use conjunction with soft and unetarched col'- lars. VVhenthe collar is desired to be disconnected froni the fastener a slight upward andoutvv'ard movement is imparted thereto, which slightly stretches the button hole 9 and permits the same to be slipped over the Hange 11.

In the modilied form of the invention, disclosed in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing, the same features of construction las described in the preferred form of the invention are adhered to, with the exception that the p0- sition of the tongue 6 is reversed uponthc base portion 2. This form is identical in operation with the preferred form and may be used in the same capacity and instances and operate with equal eiciency. y

Having described the invention, what is claimed and known as patentable is:

A collar fastener formed of a sheet of inaterial of uniform thickness and comprising a substantially rectangular body having rounded corners and of a size to be received in the button pocket of the neck band of a shirt, the sheet of material being slitinwardly from one edge to provide a tongue, said tongue being horizontally extended at rightv angles to the body and having parallel sides curved Convergently at their ends to provide an inserting point, said tongue being further bent and reiexly bent upon itself at the beginning of said curves to provide a bead above said horizontal portion and a vertical head portion parallel with said body, said point terminating above the bottom edge of said body.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. THOMPSON.

lVitnesses F. KENNETH MOORE, RICHARD T. LEWIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

